Make-up stick holder



May 13, 1958 M. DULBERG MAKE-UP STICK HOLDER original Filed June 12, m52

Allin. Il SIS"" INVENTOR.

' MURRAY fi6 .IL s l) MAKE-UP STICK HOLDER Murray Dulberg, New York, N. Y.

Continuation `of application Serial No. 293,154, June 12, 1952. This application August 22, 1956, Serial No. 605,922

3 Claims. (Cl. 206-56) This invention relates to article holders wherein a carrier for the article, such as a cosmetic make-up stick, is advanced and retracted upon rotation of relatively rotatable means, and in particular to certain new and practical improvements in such holders whereby the carrier is safeguarded against accidental advancement.

lt is the principal object of the present invention to utilize the component parts of the holder, normally employed to advance the article carrier, as means for safeguarding against the accidental advancement of the article carrier and by making merely a little change in the construction of one of the component parts.

Another object of the invention is to provide a holder of the character described, with means for safeguarding against accidental advancement of the article carrier which are not costly to provide and are of simple construction.

More specifically, the object of the present invention is to form and to position a firm indentation or dimple means on one of the component parts so that it will con stitute an obstruction in the path of movement of a part movable relative to said firm indentation and to so relate f the component parts to each other that the relatively I nited States Patent *rice ment of theinvention with the firm dimple or conical indentation being provided without the surrounding portion thereof being outwardly struck and without requiring the cap to force the dimple into the helical slot, the dimple remaining, at all times, in the helical slot and being formed to permit with force greater than that normally required to advance the carrier, the passage of the carrier pm;

Figure 8 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view of vthe dimple or conical indentation employed in the form of the invention shown in Fig. 7;

Figure 9 is a fragmentary sectional view of a still further form of the invention employing a dimple or conical projection also applied directly to the outer casing and without the outwardly struck tongue and wherein the dimple is open in the center in order that the helical path can be viewed when assembling the parts of the lipstick holder.

This application is a continuation of my copending application Serial No. 293,154, filed June 12, 1952, now abandoned.

Referring now particularly to Figs. l to 4, 1t) represents an inner sleeve having an elongated slot 11 and an integral handle portion 12 on one end thereof, Over this inner sleeve is fitted a resilient spiral member 13 having a helical slot or path 14 extending throughout its entire length. The spiral member 13 is held against outward displacement from the inner sleeve 10 by an annular bead 15 at the open upper end of the inner sleeve 10. The length of the spiral member 13 is slightly less than the space between said annular bead 15 and said handle portion 12. Said handle portion limiting longitudinal movement of said spiral member in the direction movable part will be able to move past the said indentation or obstruction upon the application of force greater than normally employed toadvance th'e article carrier.

Other objects ofthe invention include the provision of a holder of the character described, having means for safeguarding against accidental advancement of the article carrier, which is inexpensive to manufacture, easy to assemble, efficient and which may utilize the standard parts of present day holders of the character described.

For a better understanding of the invention, reference may be had to the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure l is an elevational view of the lipstick or like holder with the cap disposed thereon and with lparts broken away to show the interior construction thereof, the lipstick being retracted and the carrier cup retained in its retracted position by the dimple or conical indentation lying in the path of the helical slot and, which dimple, is formed on the outwardly struck tongue held in depressed position by the removable cap;

Figure 2 is a perspective and exploded view of the lipstick holder, shown in Fig. l;

Figure 3 is a fragmentary enlarged elevational view of the lower end of the lipstick holder, shown in Fig. l, the cap having been removed and looking in elevation upon the outwardly struck tongue having the dimple restriction, the carrier pin passing transversely of the tongue;

`Figure 4 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view of the lipstick holder taken through the outwardly struck tongue and generally on line 4 4 of Fig. 3;

Figure 5 is a fragmentary perspective view of a modiiied form of the invention, employing an outwardly struck tongue;

Figure 6 is a fragmentary sectional vertical view taken Aon line 6 6 of Fig. 5;

Figure 7 is a perspective View of the preferred embodiof the lower end of said inner sleeve 10. Movable longitudinally of and within the inner sleeve is a carrier cup 16 having a cylindrical projection or pin 17 extending into the elongated slot 11 and into the helical slot 14, so that rotation of said inner sleeve relative to said helical or spiral member 13 will advance and retract the carrier cup, as is well-known in the art. The carrier cup normally holds a lipstick 18 or other suitable material. Frictionally fitted on the spiral member 13 is an outer casing 19 that is inwardly flanged on its outer end as indicated at 21. Outer casing 19 and spiral member 13 rotate as a single unit relative to inner sleeve 10 upon rotation of said outer casing.

In 4the outer casing 19 is an outwardly struck tongue portion 22 extending longitudinally of the casing and having a dimple or conical indentation 23 adapted-to project beyond the inner surface of the casing 19 upon a cap 24 being slid over the outer casing 19, the inner face of the cap 24 engaging the tongue portion 22 to depress the tongue and force the dimple projection 23 thereof into the helical slot 14 and the lower edge of the cap 24 being brought against the shoulder 25 provided by the handle 12 on the lower end of the inner sleeve 10.

With the cap 24 placed over the casing'19 and with the carrier cup in its retracted position, the cylindrical projection 17 thereof will have been retractedl below the dimple projection 23. The dimple projection or conical indentation 23 is, when positioned in the openended helical slot or path 14, to one side of the helical slot 14. The diameter of the conical indentation at its base plus the diameter of the cylindrical lateral projection 17 H being greater than the width of the helical slot and the width of the helical slot minus the diameter of the cylindrical lateral projection being substantially one half the diameter of the conical projection at its base. Accordingly, on any attempt to rotate the inner sleeve 10 while the cap 24 is in place on casing 19, the upward or advancing movement of carrier 16 and of projection 17 will be resisted by the dimple projection 23. Accidental advancernent of carrier 16 is thereby safeguarded against,

noting thatraccidental advancement of the carrier may result in the lipstick 18 smudging against the inner surface of cap 24 in assembled position.

The fact that the helical slot 14 is open at its lower end adjacent shoulder 25 of the handle 12 permits pro jection 17 to be slightly wider than thev space between the lower side edge of the helical slot 14`and dimple projection 23 lwhen said dimple projection isl positioned in spaced relation to said lower side edge, as shown in Fig. 3, noting, again, ythat the length of the spiral i ember 13 is slightly less than the `space between the annular bead 15 and the shoulder 25 of handle 12. Accordingly, upon the application of additional force in actuating the carrier 16, which force is greater than normally required to advance the carrier when it is past the dimple projection 23, the carrier projection 17 will wipingly engage dimple projection 23 and force the lower side edge of the helical slot 14 to yield slightly in the direction of shoulder 25 while the dimple projection 23 holds the upper side edge of the helical slot 14 against movement, the carrier 16 thereby being forced past .the dimple projection 23.

Referring now to the form of the invention shown in Figs. 5 and 6, a tongue 26 is provided with a bend 27 intermediate its length so that the tongue will not project outwardly in the manner shown in Fig. 4 and will more closely conform to the surface of the casing body. It will be noted that the tongues have been shown in an exaggerated manner; however, on the actual holder, the extension of the tongues is only a minute distance. In the form of the invention shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the inward travel of the tongue is suflicient to cause the dimple or conical projection 28 thereon to be placed in the pathway of the carrier projection or pin 17.

'In the forms of the invention above discussed, the conical indentation 23 has been provided on an outwardly struck tongue portion requiring a cap to position the indentation 23 in the helical path.

In the preferred forms of the invention which will now presently be discussed and as shown in Figs. 7 and 8 and 9 the dmple or conical projection is actually provided on an outer casing 19' without the outwardly struck tongue and is thus not dependent upon the cap to render the projection operative to restrict the movement of the` carrier. Added force brings the pin of the carrier past the dimple projection.

In Figs. 7 and 8, there is provided the -usual inner sleeve 11, spiral member 13 having helical slot 14 and the outer casing 19. The outer casing 19' is provided with a dimple projection or conical indentation 30 `which permanently resides in the helical slot 14, in spaced relation to the lower side edge of the helical slot. The carrier pin 17 will meet with resistance on engaging the pro? jection 3) when being advanced. Upon the application of additional force, the carrier pin 17 will advance the carrier past projection 30 according to the mode of operation hereinabove described in connection with Figs. l to 4.

In Fig. 9, there is provided a perforated projection 31 in outer casing 19" so that the helical slot 14 of the spiral member 'can be observed upon assembling the parts and thereby making the same easy to assemble. The

carrier Cup pin 17 will be similarly restricted by this Vperforatedprojection 31 as with the unperforated projection 30.

It should now be apparent that there has been provided a firm dimple projection or conical indentation means adapted to extend into the helical slot of the spiral member in such a manner as to tend to lessen the normal path of movement of the carrier pin adjacent its retracted position in the holder to hold the car-rier against accidental advancement and thus safeguard against -smudging of the lipstick or other material held in the carrier cup, against the inner surface of the cap or other material, -when the cap is not in assembled position, referring more particularly to the preferred embodiment of the invention as shown in Figs. 7 and 8.

While various changes maybe made in the detail construction, it shall be understood that such changes shall be within the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. An article holder comprising a casing, an article carrier movable longitudinally within said casing and -having a cylindrical lateral projection, slot means within said casing defining a helical path having opposed side edges to receive said lateral projection, means rotatablc relative to said casing and said slot means and operatively connected to the same and to said article carrier for advancing and retracting said article carrier upon rotation relative to said casing and said slot means, said helical path defining the path of movement of said lateral projection; said casing having a conical projection lying in said helical path adjacent one side edge of said helical path at a location before the retracted position of said lateral projection, the diameter of said conical projection at its base plus the diameter of the cylindrical lateral projection being greater than the width of the slot and the width of the slot minus the diameter of the cylindrical lateral projection being substantially one half the diameter of the conical projection at its base wherein upon the application of force greater than normally required to move said article carrier longitudinally of said casing once past said casing projection said lateral projection will be forced between fand past said casing projection and the opposite side edge of said helical path at said location.

2. An article holder, as set forth in. claim 1, wherein said conical projection is carried on a resilient tongue formed integrally out of the material of said casing.

3. An `article holder, as set forth in claim l, wherein said conical projection is `carried on a resilient tongue formed integrally out of the material of said casing, and a removable cap encloses said casing in slidable Contact with said tongue, said cap thereby holding said tongue including said conical projection against radially outward movement.

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